![A woman stands on a golden, grassy hill, greying hair flowing and a warm expression on her face. She is wearing a beautiful handmade cream sweater with a mauve colorwork yoke.](https://blog.ravelry.com/content/images/2023/08/summer-top-blog-header-1.jpg)
It's the heat of summer in the northern hemisphere, and there's something undeniably inspiring about working with colorful yarn as the sun shines (maybe with a nice iced drink nearby). In today's Eye Candy post we're sharing some beautiful lightweight projects: summer tops perfect for a backyard picnic or beachside stroll.
![A woman looks over her shoulder with a sunny smile, showing off the openwork back of her bright pink crocheted top.](https://blog.ravelry.com/content/images/2023/08/20230707_102253.jpg)
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![A smiling woman looks at the camera with her hand on her hip; she is wearing a crocheted tank with ruffles at the armholes, worked in a gradient of cream, yellow, and sage greens.](https://blog.ravelry.com/content/images/2023/08/20230623_071251.jpg)
OneRuleBejeweled's Harlow Tank, classicadg's Test - Beautyberry Tank, and resh88's Dahlia flutter tee all have such special, made-with-love details and perfect fits!
![A Raveler stands in front of a brick wall, hands in the pockets of her green plaid pants, wearing a knit mesh tank worked in black.](https://blog.ravelry.com/content/images/2023/08/BoatyMcBoat-7668.jpg)
![A woman leans against a column, smiling broadly, wearing a crocheted tank with vertical eyelet details.](https://blog.ravelry.com/content/images/2023/08/2ECC7237-2F93-4A98-82E3-90DB13875F40.jpg)
![A smiling woman looks up, posed against an orange wall in a deep green handknit sweater with a lacy circular yoke.](https://blog.ravelry.com/content/images/2023/08/DSC00337-2.jpg)
Eyelets, mesh, and lace motifs help keep things cool with kattweaver's Silky Boat Neck, 3PtsDefineAPlane's Wildflowers Tunic, and needlesandyarn's True Nature Tee.
![A woman leans toward the camera, smiling. She is wearing a striped circular yoke knit sweater in shades of purple, pink, and lavender.](https://blog.ravelry.com/content/images/2023/08/upload.jpeg)
![A woman sits on a bench in front of greenery, hands behind her head, smiling confidently at the camera. She is wearing a crocheted camisole worked in bright rainbow stripes.](https://blog.ravelry.com/content/images/2023/08/1688736853559.jpeg)
![A woman stands in front of a wooden wall, looking to the right of camera with a smile. She's wearing a brightly striped pink sweater in shades of pink.](https://blog.ravelry.com/content/images/2023/08/Knitmotif_Poppy01.jpg)
I love the bright stripes and sunny smiles in these photos of Bettystrickt's Makikki, sarahamalia's Captiva Cami, and knitmotif's Festive Summer Poppy!
For more eye candy, you can take a look at our Project Search filtered for recently completed tops!